NAME

Servlet::ServletException - general servlet exception

SYNOPSIS

  package My::Servlet;
  use base qw(Servlet::GenericServlet);
  use Servlet::ServletException ();
  sub service {
      # ...
      eval {
          # ...
      };
      if ($@) {
          Servlet::ServletException->throw('something broke',
                                           root => $@);
      };
      # ...
  }

DESCRIPTION

Defines a general exception a servlet can throw when it encounters difficulty.

METHODS

new($msg, $root)
Constructs a new servlet exception. Optional arguments include an error message and the ``root cause'' exception that was encountered by the servlet.

Parameters:

$msg
the error message

$root
the exception that is the root cause of this exception

getRootCause()
Returns the exception that caused this servlet exception.

SEE ALSO

the Servlet::Util::Exception manpage

AUTHOR

Brian Moseley, bcm@maz.org